Kots Isko’s World

The Visiting International Faculty (VIF), an American teaching personnel recruitment program based in Charlotte, North Carolina, is recruiting teachers for USA from all over the globe.

Through the VIF Program, you can enjoy the excitement of teaching abroad in a new culture with the security of a respected organization supporting you. The largest international-exchange program for U.S. schools and teachers worldwide, VIF is a global leader in education, dedicated to transforming lives through international cultural exchange. A private organization founded in 1987, VIF is designated as an official visa sponsor in the U.S. Department of State’s Exchange Visitor Program.

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Growing in a place where the beach is just 5 minute-walk away from our house, swimming has been a favorite sport of mine since I was a kid.  Nobody taught me how to swim actually.  My strokes and perfect streamlines just came so naturally; probably because I was born to swim and to love the sport.

Though the beach is just near our place, me and my sisters most of the time gets the “NO” answer, every time we ask our mom’s permission to go swimming.  She’s always protective of us; and was always scared that something bad might happen that was why, rarely she allowed us to go swimming with our neighbors.

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Peeps, apologies for not being able to write here lately.  It’s just that I’ve been experiencing an emotional battle since my class started last Wednesday night.

Nope, it’s not about my studies and its not about how busy I am today, mixing my work, with studies; plus a demanding husband and my so many websites.   It’s just that this week, my whole being has been hit really hard by a meteor, leaving my body parts scattered all over the place  - - - - - - and it’s just so hard to assemble it again.

My school already started last Wednesday, and it was on that day that I was hit by a meteor.  I was like a zombie on my way home from class because of the very sad realization that . . . . . . . .   I have actually been sleeping for so long all along, without me knowing it.

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The father of relativity, Albert Einstein, will soon be on the limelight again when his “letter”, in response to a philosopher in 1954, will be published in London next week.

Known for being a theoretical physicist, our 1921 Physics Nobel Prize winner is also known for his ambivalent views on religion.

His theory on relativity, is a well accepted milestone in the world of Physics for it has reconciled mechanics with electromagnetism, and has extended the principle of relativity to non-uniform motion – creating a new theory of gravitgation.  But his views on religion, has raised so many eyebrows among philosophers, and has fuelled many heated discussions.

Next week, all eyes will be on his letter as he describes “belief in God” as childish superstition, and nothing more than just an expression and product of human weaknesses.  He also described the Bible as a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. Continue Reading »

Mini Pukie Pie :  1977, Biyernes.10:00 ng umaga.Ito ako nakadapa sa sahig na gawa sa kawayan habang binulatlat ang glossy magazine na ninakaw ko sa school library. Tuwang-tuwa akong pinagmasdan ang mga nagagandahang interior design sa mga magagarang bahay na kahit sa aking panaginip ay hindi ko pa narating.Hindi na ako pumasok sa school dahil basang-basa ako kahapon dahil sa malakas na ulan. Ako, kasama na ang aking mga kaklase at barkada na sina Anita, Flor, at Rosalinda ay hindi pinalad maka-sakay ng jeep pa uwi dahil puno na at hindi na kami pwedeng sumabit. Dumating kami ng alas-9:00 ng gabi sa halip na normal na 7:00 dahil sobra talaga ang lakas ng ulan. Basang-basa ang uniform namin at puro putik ang likod ng damit namin. Pero, ang mga sapatos namin ay nakabalot sa cellophane dahil ayaw namin itong mabasa. Araw-araw may dala kaming tsinelas reserba pag umulan. Lalo na bago ang nag-iisang converse shoes ko. Ang converse shoes ko na matagal ko ng pinag-ipunan dahil kahit minsan man lang sa buhay ko maka-tikim din ng medyo mahal na sapatos ang mga paa ko.

Napansin ko masyadong tahimik ang paligid. Ang aking kaibigan si Anita ay nasa hagdanan at masyadong sineseryoso ang pagbabasa ng Aliwan Komiks. Pag walang klase, o di kaya’y absent kami sa klase, lagi si Anita sa bahay para makinig ng radyo. Ang radyo kasi nila Anita ay nasira dahil tinapon ito ng ama nya noong ito ay malasing. Samantala, ang radyo namin kahit ilang beses na ito tinapon ng aking ama ay buhay na buhay pa rin. Avegon kasi ang tatak nito. Pero sa araw na iyon, naka bilad ang aming everyday battery dahil sobrang luma na. Kailangan itong mainitan upang magkaroon naman ng lakas.

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